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GRAY.

hence returning back to the Sea we continued along
the bay, whose borders not here alone, but quite
from Pozzuoli are a most surprizeing Scene for the
Instances of Roman Magnificence, that shew them-
selves even from the Summits of those Mountains
that surround it down to their foot, & quite out into
the Sea for many Paces, vast vaults & arches of
Masons-work, that hang over, & seem to grow to the
sides of those Cliffs, still supporting themselves with-
out the help of their foundations, which appear far
off below in ruins, being huge Masses of Brickwork,
that stretch themselves far into the bay,

Marisq Bails obstrepentis urges
Summovere littora,

Parum locuples continente rip&. These were call'd
Cssmentis licet occupes [>»iQ6n a.

Tyrrhenian omne tuis—

Gontracta pisces aequora sentiunt
• Jactis in altum molibus: hue frequens

Casmenta demittit redemptor

Cum famulis—

- A little farther we landed again at the Sudatorii
di Tritoli, supposed to have been the Tliermw of
Nero; 'tis certain there are vast remains of building
up to the very summits of the mountain, the baths
are artificial caverns work'd far into the rock, one
enters by certain long & narrow passages, in one of
which the heat is almost insupportable, if you walk
upright; upon stooping pretty low you do not feel so
stoongly the violence of it, this is 120 paces long,



	GRAY. hence returning back to the Sea we continued along the bay, whose borders not here alone, but quite from Pozzuoli are a most surprizeing Scene for the Instances of Roman Magnificence, that shew them- selves even from the Summits of those Mountains that surround it down to their foot, & quite out into the Sea for many Paces, vast vaults & arches of Masons-work, that hang over, & seem to grow to the sides of those Cliffs, still supporting themselves with- out the help of their foundations, which appear far off below in ruins, being huge Masses of Brickwork, that stretch themselves far into the bay, Marisq Bails obstrepentis urges Summovere littora, Parum locuples continente rip&. These were call'd Cssmentis licet occupes [>»iQ6n a. Tyrrhenian omne tuis— Gontracta pisces aequora sentiunt • Jactis in altum molibus: hue frequens Casmenta demittit redemptor Cum famulis— - A little farther we landed again at the Sudatorii di Tritoli, supposed to have been the Tliermw of Nero; 'tis certain there are vast remains of building up to the very summits of the mountain, the baths are artificial caverns work'd far into the rock, one enters by certain long & narrow passages, in one of which the heat is almost insupportable, if you walk upright; upon stooping pretty low you do not feel so stoongly the violence of it, this is 120 paces long,